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“Foundation Center 2020” is the 10-year strategic plan for the Foundation Center, launched in 2011. A continual work in progress, we invite your feedback to help shape, strengthen, and guide our progress in advancing knowledge about philanthropy.

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Strategic Priority: Ensure That Our Technology Provides a Strong Foundation for the Center’s Work

Over the last few decades, the Foundation Center successfully made the transition from a print-based directory operation to a sophisticated online presence including industry-leading databases, web portals, GIS mapping, social media, and more. In a rapidly evolving digital environment, constant improvements will be required in order to ensure that the Foundation Center’s technology is up to the task of meeting our ambitious strategic goals. In order for our outward facing platforms, databases, and tools to best serve a demanding public, our internal information technology infrastructure will have to be the best it can be. This includes the technology backbone required to “open up” our information culture through incorporating growing volumes of user-generated content, as well as delivering our data and knowledge to the places people are accustomed to doing their work online and getting their information.